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We can only hope that whom ever is selected for the top job in associated soccer is a bit SPECIAL . SomeONE gifted enough to return us to the elevated heights of the premier league. There we can toast with ambrosia along with the likes of our West London cousins again. Relish the plaudits as we voyage on a crested wave to the stars . Winning the FA cup would be the first challenge !
Isn't lunch time drinking just the best !?!
Isn't lunch time drinking just the best !?!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34778742
What Curbishley did for Charlton is exactly what we need. I like the man, but has he been out of the top jobs too long?
What Curbishley did for Charlton is exactly what we need. I like the man, but has he been out of the top jobs too long?
My lad insisted we go to Stadium MK yesterday as it's only an hour up the road. Someone said we'd taken 3,500 and was certainly a good crowd.
Terrible game, didn't deserve a point. Some people say Fulham can beat anyone 4-0 on one day, and lose 4-0 the next. Neither of those teams showed up. There was simply no fight in anyone. We looked like what we are, a club currently without leadership or direction.
Hope the decision makers can get us back on track with a proper manager before too long.
Terrible game, didn't deserve a point. Some people say Fulham can beat anyone 4-0 on one day, and lose 4-0 the next. Neither of those teams showed up. There was simply no fight in anyone. We looked like what we are, a club currently without leadership or direction.
Hope the decision makers can get us back on track with a proper manager before too long.
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My lad insisted we go to Stadium MK yesterday as it's only an hour up the road. Someone said we'd taken 3,500 and was certainly a good crowd.
Terrible game, didn't deserve a point. Some people say Fulham can beat anyone 4-0 on one day, and lose 4-0 the next. Neither of those teams showed up. There was simply no fight in anyone. We looked like what we are, a club currently without leadership or direction.
Hope the decision makers can get us back on track with a proper manager before too long.
I watched as much as I could tolerate , dire , turgid , uninspired, flaccid, limp. On the positive side ....."red shorts, socks and shirt " , the commentary was good . Terrible game, didn't deserve a point. Some people say Fulham can beat anyone 4-0 on one day, and lose 4-0 the next. Neither of those teams showed up. There was simply no fight in anyone. We looked like what we are, a club currently without leadership or direction.
Hope the decision makers can get us back on track with a proper manager before too long.
Versus Preston .
That first 45 minutes reflects the present state of things .The second 45 however was the polar opposite of the first.
Aside from a different formation and Hutchinson starting the second half , I'd like to know what was said during the break.
My usual stance is not to comment on the referee but in this case I'll make an exception , one word , dross .
" Gentleman Jim " and Sean Davis were commentating , I know their biased but at least they are enthusiastic and funny .
Red shorts , shirts and shocks ( sic )
That first 45 minutes reflects the present state of things .The second 45 however was the polar opposite of the first.
Aside from a different formation and Hutchinson starting the second half , I'd like to know what was said during the break.
My usual stance is not to comment on the referee but in this case I'll make an exception , one word , dross .
" Gentleman Jim " and Sean Davis were commentating , I know their biased but at least they are enthusiastic and funny .
Red shorts , shirts and shocks ( sic )
RichB said:
mikial said:
... Winning the FA cup would be the first challenge !
That's a big challenge, Fulham have never won the FA Cup in 135 years 
....at least we made the final , only to be thawted by the most talented team to come from east London since time began, a brace from Alan Taylor , a slippery ball and butterfingers Mellor. You must be very pleased,just now, WHU are doing quite nicely .
mikial said:
I'm quite aware of that thanks very much ....at least we made the final , only to be thawted by the most talented team to come from east London since time began, a brace from Alan Taylor , a slippery ball and butterfingers Mellor..
I remember it well, I was there! However, my entire family, father, brother, uncles etc. all went supporting Fulham. My aunt worked as a secretary at Craven Cottage and my father & uncle even went to the post match reception dinner with their wives at a London hotel. I felt both elated and sorry for them. ....at least we made the final , only to be thawted by the most talented team to come from east London since time began, a brace from Alan Taylor , a slippery ball and butterfingers Mellor..RichB said:
mikial said:
I'm quite aware of that thanks very much ....at least we made the final , only to be thawted by the most talented team to come from east London since time began, a brace from Alan Taylor , a slippery ball and butterfingers Mellor..
I remember it well, I was there! However, my entire family, father, brother, uncles etc. all went supporting Fulham. My aunt worked as a secretary at Craven Cottage and my father & uncle even went to the post match reception dinner with their wives at a London hotel. I felt both elated and sorry for them. ....at least we made the final , only to be thawted by the most talented team to come from east London since time began, a brace from Alan Taylor , a slippery ball and butterfingers Mellor..And still you went to the dark side, must have been a gurl involved ! Happy days .
Funny story; back in the early 60s the FA Cup Final was one of the very rare live football matches on TV and dad always watched it. My brother and I were sent into the garden with a bucket of sand from the local builders merchants to keep us occupied for a couple of hours!
The '64 final was the first we were allowed in to watch, I was 8 and brother was 11 so Mum made a game that we each picked a team and whoever won would go over the road and be treated to some sweets. Dad and John chose Preston because they were in black and white. To create some sibling rivalry I obviously chose the other lot in dark grey with light grey sleeves and white short!
If it had been Burnley I'd have been stuck but fortunately it was the Hammers who beat Preston 3:2 and so the Hammers became the team I followed and moved up and down in the cardboard ladder free in the Victor! Rest is history because of 65 and 66.
Dad never, ever came to Upton Park with me. I think it was against his religion or something
The '64 final was the first we were allowed in to watch, I was 8 and brother was 11 so Mum made a game that we each picked a team and whoever won would go over the road and be treated to some sweets. Dad and John chose Preston because they were in black and white. To create some sibling rivalry I obviously chose the other lot in dark grey with light grey sleeves and white short!
If it had been Burnley I'd have been stuck but fortunately it was the Hammers who beat Preston 3:2 and so the Hammers became the team I followed and moved up and down in the cardboard ladder free in the Victor! Rest is history because of 65 and 66. Dad never, ever came to Upton Park with me. I think it was against his religion or something
RichB said:
Dad never, ever came to Upton Park with me. I think it was against his religion or something
I understand your Dad's position completely. When my son first asked me which team he should support, I told him it's my team (Fulham) or the town where we live (Reading), same as my Dad told me years ago. One trip to the Cottage later and he was mine.If he'd gone glory hunting or chose the team he first saw win the FA Cup on telly, I'd not have taken him to see them. Them's the rules in my book.
My son is now 4th generation Fulham (my Dad was born and grew up there in Woodlawn Road). The misery runs deep in our veins.
I probably take this all far too seriously, but nothing used to annoy me more at school in Berkshire than plastic Liverpool fans.
I've been to the Boleyn recently, with a mate from Hornchurch who follows them. Had to make the one trip before it goes! He was at the Cottage with me when we beat Juventus, so fair's fair. Shame your boys didn't get as far in the Europa League this season as we did in 2010, I'd have gone to a fair few games with him.
Edited by SilverSixer on Tuesday 1st December 10:54
Both those stories made me smile , they retell father and son relationships .
I'll add my little trip down nostalgia lane .
I had a school chum back in 1958 who was a Fulham supporter , we were both 10 and living in Wallington , then a leafy Surrey outpost . Went to a game at The Cottage and that was it , hooked for life - better or worse ,usually worse !
My dad and his brother were Charlton supporters , great memories of going to the Valley and the Cottage together .
My son ? Spurs !
I'll add my little trip down nostalgia lane .
I had a school chum back in 1958 who was a Fulham supporter , we were both 10 and living in Wallington , then a leafy Surrey outpost . Went to a game at The Cottage and that was it , hooked for life - better or worse ,usually worse !
My dad and his brother were Charlton supporters , great memories of going to the Valley and the Cottage together .
My son ? Spurs !
I can't imagine being in a family for men who support different teams! Would be very odd to me.
Uncles - well, my favourite uncle was a QPR fan and none of the others probably even knew what shape a football was. The only ladies in my family who care/did care about the game were/are FFC folks too - my sister and one Grandmother who used to scream "Up the Lilliewhites" at the TV every Saturday afternoon before the Vidiprinter came on. Grandad, however, well we don't talk about him. Used to have a thing for a certain dog track round the corner....................
Like I say, the misery is bone deep with (most of) us.
Uncles - well, my favourite uncle was a QPR fan and none of the others probably even knew what shape a football was. The only ladies in my family who care/did care about the game were/are FFC folks too - my sister and one Grandmother who used to scream "Up the Lilliewhites" at the TV every Saturday afternoon before the Vidiprinter came on. Grandad, however, well we don't talk about him. Used to have a thing for a certain dog track round the corner....................
Like I say, the misery is bone deep with (most of) us.
I was a late starter. We're originally a south coast family, my brother was a Brighton fan, I never really bothered. I had a quick fling supporting the 'other' side from the FA Cup final in 1983 to annoy my brother (Man U v Brighton) but my mum also met my Fulham-supporting step-dad in 1983 and I soon started going to games (I would have been 10/11). With two of his own kids (one Brighton) we are a split family between the two clubs so always try and go home and away to that fixture (helps that an uncle is a 'corporate sponsor' or whatever they call them at Brighton and has the nice bar and grub - but sits in the stands).
As a young adult I went home and away as much as I could. I absolutely LOVED going away with the same few faces at many games. Even had a little 'executive' box at Fulham for a while around the Branfoot/Adams times (box = 10 stools behind a sheet of glass and a chicken leg). Later settled in the Hammy end. I went to Croatia to watch the first Euro games on a charter jet of Fulham fans, but that was towards the end of my regular visits with family and stuff getting in the way.
My son who has just turned 10 goes to as many home daytime games as possible with my old man, my daughter (6) has been a couple of times, they carry the baton while I mostly watch from a distance and go occasionally.
As a young adult I went home and away as much as I could. I absolutely LOVED going away with the same few faces at many games. Even had a little 'executive' box at Fulham for a while around the Branfoot/Adams times (box = 10 stools behind a sheet of glass and a chicken leg). Later settled in the Hammy end. I went to Croatia to watch the first Euro games on a charter jet of Fulham fans, but that was towards the end of my regular visits with family and stuff getting in the way.
My son who has just turned 10 goes to as many home daytime games as possible with my old man, my daughter (6) has been a couple of times, they carry the baton while I mostly watch from a distance and go occasionally.
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